Notes:
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  • Red Bold = Mandatory Reading


Class 1: Introduction, Overviews and Case Studies - No readings

Class 2: Foundational Concepts
* Kietzmann, J. H., Hermkens, K., McCarthy, I. P., & Silvestre, B. S. (2011). Social Media? Get Serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media. Business Horizons, 54(3), 241-251.
* Aaker, Smith & Adler: Foreward, Preface, Introduction, The Dragonfly Body
* Blanchard: Part I, Chapter 1; Part II, Chapter 5.
* Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1).
* We’re all connected: The power of the social media ecosystem. Richard Hanna, Andrew Rohm, Victoria L. Crittenden (2011) Business Horizons Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 265–27
* Resistance is Futile, Christine Lagorio, Inc. Magazine, June – July 2013


Class 3: Social Business

* Social Business: Shifting out of First Gear, David Kiron, Doug Palmer, Ann Nguyen Phillips, Robert Berkman, MIT Sloan Management Review with Deloitte University Press (2013).
* Blanchard: Part I, Chapters 2 & 4; Part IV, Chapter 15.
* Social Business: What are companies really doing? Survey Research Report M.I.T. Sloan Management Review and Deloitte Consulting (2012).


Class 4: Planning Marketing Campaigns

* Annabi, H., Sean, T. M., Sarah, P., Paul, A., & Christopher, R. (2012). Guidelines to Align Communities of Practice with Business Objectives: An Application of Social Media. Paper presented at the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii.
* Aaker, Smith & Adler: Wing 1.
* Stanford Graduate School of Business: How to tell a Story
* Stanford d.School: Bootcamp Bootleg:
* Sverdlov, G. (2012). Global Social Technographics Update 2011: US And EU Mature, Emerging Markets Show Lots Of Activity. Forrester.


Class 5: Listening

* Jonah Berger and Eric M Schwarz (2011) What Drives immediate and ongoing word of Mouth?

* Priit Kalas (2012): Free Social Media Monitoring Tools
* Aaker, Smith & Adler: Wing 2.
* Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2011). Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices. New Media and Society New Media and Society, 13(6), 873-892.
* The Uninvited Brand. Susan Fournier, Jill Avery (2011) Business Horizons 54, 193-207


Class 6: Engaging

* Lieb, R. (2012). Content: **The New Marketing Equation, Altimeter Group**.
* Aaker, Smith & Adler: Wing 3, Wing 4. Blanchard: Chapter 2.
* Hincliffe and Kim: Part Two.
* Jonah Berger and Katherine Milkman: What makes content go viral?
* How to inspire value-laden collaborative consumer-generated content, Albert M. Muniz Jr, Hope Jensen Schau. Business Horizons (2011) 54, 209-217
*Hunt, C. (2012). Blogging, a comprehensive beginner’s guide
* Kanter, B. (2011). Content Curation Primer. C. (2012)
* Social Media in Organizations (2012). Blogging, a comprehensive beginner’s guide
* Dugan, L. (2012). 7 ways to network more effectively on Twitter

Class 7: Analytics

* Research Report: **A Framework for Social Analytics** by S Ettlinger, Altimeter Group
* Blanchard Part IV
* Altimeter Group(2012): Guarding the Social Gates: The imperative for social media risk management.
* Lopez, J. (2011). Social Media SEO Checklist
* Kaushik, A. (2011). Best Social Media Metrics: Conversation, Amplification, Applause, Economic Value
* Dion Hinchcliffe: How Social Media and Big Data will Unleash What We Know.

Class 8: Risk
* Owyang, J. (2011). **Social Business Readiness: How Advanced Companies Prepare Internally.** Altimeter Group.
* Blanchard: Part III.
* Hyatt, J. (2010). The Ethics of Social Media – Part I: Adjusting to a 24/7 World. The Ethics of Social Media, Parts 1 and 2. Business Ethics.
* David Navetta (2011) The Legal Implications of Social Networking, Part One: The Basics
* David Navetta (2011) The Legal Implications of Social Networking: Part Two: Privacy
* Julie Brill (2011) Privacy Implications of Social Media

Class 9: Summary of Social Business and Individual presentations
* The social enterprise: Building a digitally driven business to gain competitive advantage. MIT Sloan Management Review, Spring 2012
* Case study podcast Comcast Must Die:
* Aaker, Smith & Adler: Onward and Upward
* Hinchcliffe and Kim: Part Three
* Burson-Marstellar (2012) Global Social Media Checklist 2012:
* Kalypso (2011): Social Product Innovation Study
* Forbes Insights (2012): Consumer Brand Engagement Study
* The Key to Social Media Success Within Organizations, Quy Huy and Andrew Shipilov, MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 2012

Class 10: Individual Presentations